Cuspidor



p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cEAELEs GORDON, oE CLEVELAND, ouio.

CUSPIDOR.

sPEcIEIoA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent No, 282,307, dated July 31, 1883.

Application filed June 8, 1883. (N0 model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OHARLEs GORDON, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ouspidors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application.

My invention relates'to a new and useful improvement in sheet-metal cuspidors; and it consists, essentially, in forming the cuspidor of substantially the shape hereinafter shown and described, and of one single piece of sheet metal, in contradistinction to the formation or manufacture of such an article out of two or more separate pieces of sheet metal, as has been customary previous to my invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to more fully explain it, referring by letters to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of ticed the latter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view or elevationof a cuspidor made according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

' The configuration or form of the cuspidor is substantially the same as metallic cuspidors, well known to the trade, and belonging to that type in which the body portion of the article presents in cross section a nearly elliptical form, and in which said body portion is supple mented with a flared upper or mouth portion, the form of which in cross-section is about that of an inverted frustum of a cone. Preferably the flared or upper portion, B, is made of a size and shape such that the upper edge or circumferenceof the cuspidor will be somewhat greater than the largest circumference of the body portion A of the article. This relative size and shape of the flared top to the bodyportion is deemed preferable, in order that in the event of the cuspidor being turned over onto its side there would be less liability of spilling any liquid which may be contained in the vessel; but this preferred form is not of course essential to my invention, which may be carried out in a cuspidorsomewhat different in configuration from what I have shown in the drawings.

Preferably the article is provided at its base with a supplemental metallic piece, D, which may be conveniently arranged within the recessed portion of the base of the cuspidor, as

shown, and which may be securely fastened in place in any desirable manner, said supplemental piece D operating by its gravity to render the cuspidor self-righting in the manner well understood by those familiar with the manufacture ofsuch articles.

In making my improved cuspidor a single blank of any suitable sheet metal is first stamped or drawn up in a dish-like form, and is then spun over or inwardly from the largest part of its body portion A, and then outwardly again, so as to form the contracted upper portion of the body, and also the flared mouth or upper portion, B, substantially as shown, the necessary operations to produce the requisite shape from such single blank being performed with the usual tools and'appliances, a collapsi ble chuck being used in the operation of drawing over or spinning up the metal into the desired shape. Of course any suitable sheet metal may be employed, preferably sheetbrass of the proper thickness and quality.

It will be seen that in the manufacture of a cuspidor of substantially the form shown, (which is about that commonly in use,) and-of a single piece of sheet metal, as explained, not only are all scams or joints avoided, and consequently the labor of properly making them saved, but alarge economy or saving is effected in the use of the sheet metal employed in the manufacture, since in the use of the single blank, in the manner shown and described, not onlyis there no scrap formed by cutting out any middle portions to form the perforations usual in making sheet-metal cuspidors of two or more parts, but the entire waste in trimming and shaping the final or finished edge of the bentup blank is not much more than that of trimthe blanks which are used in making such an article of two. or more separate pieces; hence not only is a cuspidor of about the usual min g the finished bent-up edge of each one of form produced,which is more desirable for use than any heretofore made of sheet metal, but the improved article can be manufactured more economically than the less desirable one heretofore made.

Having so fully explained my invention that those skilled in the art can practice the same, and wishing to be distinctly understood that the precise configuration of the article shown in the drawings may be more or less varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention, what I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The manufacture of cuspidors of the type shown and described of a single piece of sheet 15 metal, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of May, 1883.

' CHARLES GORDON.

In presence of J A0013 FELBEL, M. H. SMITH. 

